The high-performance rain tire. For powerful executive, luxury, sports and tuned cars.
The RainSport 2 features top-performance braking,handling and aquaplaning safety. 3D structure in the base of the groove and tyre walls for high protection against aquaplaning.
Technical details:
Greater resistance to aquaplaning
Shorter braking distances on wet and dry roads
Higher mileage by avoiding one-sided tire wear
EU Tyre Label and Efficiency Classes
The European Union has introduced the EU Tyre Label by Regulation (No. 1222/2009) identically and bindingly for all EU member states. It applies to passenger car tyres, light commercial vehicle tyres and heavy commercial vehicle tyres produced after 01.07.2012.
Three different areas are tested: rolling resistance, wet grip and the rolling noise the tyre makes on the road.
The following are not affected by the EU Tyre Label: retreaded tyres, professional off-road tyres, racing tyres, tyres with additional devices to improve traction such as spiked tyres, T-type emergency tyres, special tyres for fitting to vehicles first registered before 1 October 1990, tyres with a maximum authorised speed of 80 km/h, tyres for rims with a nominal diameter of 254 mm or less or 635 mm or more.
With this regulation, the European Union is pursuing the goal of promoting economic and ecological efficiency in road traffic as well as increasing road safety on the one hand, and on the other hand, granting consumers more product transparency and at the same time serving as an active decision-making aid.
Already during the incorporation, experts criticise the fact that the EU Tyre Label unfortunately only shows a few product characteristics. Apart from rolling resistance, wet grip and rolling noise, which are the main focus of EU tyre labelling, tyres have much more important and safety-relevant product characteristics, such as aquaplaning properties, driving stability, service life, braking properties on dry and wet roads, behaviour in wintry conditions, etc.
Tyre manufacturers point out that test results from various institutions and journals remain an important information medium for the end consumer. These tests usually focus on further safety-relevant product characteristics besides the EU standard qualifications for tyre labelling, which are always important for the final customer.
RainSport2 tyre review
Average based on 1,079 test results
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11,975
01.09.2015fromMartyn Excellent in all areas of driving, lots of feedback especially in wet conditions. Highly recommended.
11.03.2015fromtrevor best tyres i have used.
20.08.2014fromAnthony Adams very good water clearance from the tread pattern, and very good grip from the rubber compound. have not lost grip since fitting.
recently had to perform an emergency stop, which the tyres handled excellently.
tyre grip in wet conditions is as good as in dry conditions.
21.04.2013froma kemp a great tyre exellant all round tyre
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